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Are varsity athletes prone to ALS?

A survey of patients treated for neurological problems reveals that those with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's disease) are more likely to have been varsity athletes and remained slim all their lives.

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Surgery beats splints for wrist syndrome

Surgery proves better than nighttime splints for relieving the pain of carpal tunnel syndrome.

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Sideways Glance: Training helps people circumvent failing sight

Researchers have developed a rehabilitation regime that may enable many elderly people with age-related macular degeneration to improve their vision.

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Another Polio? Alarming West Nile fever risks emerge

Medical workers have found poliolike symptoms in a few victims of West Nile fever, and federal officials noted that blood transfusions appear to have infected some people.

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New Drugs Beat Old Flu: Antiviral agents counter deadly 1918 influenza

After partially recreating a deadly influenza virus that swept the globe from 1918 to 1919 and killed millions of people, researchers have shown that available flu drugs could probably prevent a new pandemic of the 1918 influenza strain or a similar flu.

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From the September 24, 1932, issue

PREHISTORIC ROCK FORTS FOUND ON BARREN ARCTIC ISLAND Reports of finding inaccessible rock fortresses in the sea, used by people of the Far North many centuries ago, are brought back from Kodiak Island, Alaska, by Dr. Ales Hrdlicka of the U.S. National Museum. Dr. Hrdlickas discovery reveals for the first time that inhabitants of the […]

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Immune gene linked to prostate cancer

An immune-cell gene plays a role in predisposing men to prostate cancer.

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New twist on a pet theory

Growing up with cats may reduce a child's risk of developing asthma—unless the child's mother has asthma as well.

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From the March 29, 1930, issue

WANTED: EARLY PLANET PHOTOGRAPHS With the discovery of the planet beyond Neptune, by Lowell Observatory astronomers, many months of observation will be needed before even an approximate idea can be obtained of the orbit in which it is moving. A planet like this moves in the ecliptic, the plane in which Earth itself revolves around […]

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Coagulation factor XI boosts clot risk

People who have had a major blood clot in a vein are roughly twice as likely to harbor high concentrations of blood coagulation factor XI as people who haven't.

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Myopia link to night lights doubted

Two studies cast doubt on the apparent link between night lights in a baby's nursery and an increased risk of being nearsighted later in childhood.

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Pig-cell grafts ease symptoms of Parkinson’s

Pig brain cells transplanted into the brains of patients with advanced Parkinson's disease help some of the patients regain mobility and the ability to do basic tasks.